{"id":160901,"date":"2025-06-05T18:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160901\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T18:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:31:08","slug":"we-will-not-judge-him-on-1-2-matches-gautam-gambhir-passes-blunt-verdict-on-karun-nairs-test-comeback-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160901\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We will not judge him on 1-2 matches&#8230;&#8217;: Gautam Gambhir passes blunt verdict on Karun Nair&#8217;s Test comeback in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India head coach Gautam Gambhir opened up on the inclusion of Karun Nair in the Shubman Gill-led Test squad for the upcoming red-ball series against England. Gambhir said that the Karnataka batter&#8217;s county experience and form in English conditions would be valuable for the team.<\/p>\n<p>Gambhir and India&#8217;s newly-appointed Test captain Shubman Gill were addressing a press conference ahead of the Indian team&#8217;s departure to England. Nair has been named in India&#8217;s Test squad which will start from June 20. . The 33-year-old has earned a recall to the Test setup for the first time in seven years, after a great show in domestic cricket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/thesportstak.com\/cricket\/india-tour-of-england-2025\/story\/certainly-a-challenge-jamie-smith-reveals-plan-to-tackle-jasprit-bumrah-in-upcoming-test-series-3179875-2025-06-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0&#8216;Certainly a challenge&#8230;&#8217;: Young England batter reveals plan to tackle Jasprit Bumrah in upcoming Test series<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"at-quotes\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great for domestic cricket. It&#8217;s great for the future of domestic cricket. All the youngsters who are playing domestic will understand its importance: &#8216;if you keep doing well in domestic cricket, doors are never shut&#8217;,&#8221; Gambhir said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nair, who travelled to England last month, began his tour with a double ton for Abhimanyu Easwaran-led India A in the first of two unofficial Tests against the England Lions in Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thesportstak.com\/cricket\/india-tour-of-england-2025\/story\/gautam-gambhir-and-test-captain-shubman-gill-press-conference-live-updates-from-the-bcci-office-mumbai-ahead-of-india-tour-of-england-for-five-test-match-series-latest-updates-sesd-3179908-2025-06-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> India vs England Press conference Live updates: Gambhir&#8217;s take on stampede in Bengaluru after RCB&#8217;s win<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"at-quotes\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to have the experience of Karun, who has played a bit of County cricket. He has scored runs there and hit a double hundred for India A. It&#8217;s always good to have players who are in good form on these kinds of tours.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His experience will definitely come in handy, and hopefully he can deliver.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More importantly, we will not judge someone by one or two Tests. You guys can. We won\u2019t. I think if someone has scored heaps of runs, he will be given a good run at this level as well so that he can showcase his talent here,&#8221; Gambhir added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The upcoming Test series will be India&#8217;s first red-ball assignment after the five Test match series in Australia last year, where Pat Cummins-led side defeated the Men in Blue 3-1 to seal their spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India head coach Gautam Gambhir opened up on the inclusion of Karun Nair in the Shubman Gill-led Test&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,5709,67776,67775,67778,67777,67779,47666,67774,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-160901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-gautam-gambhir","10":"tag-gautam-gambhir-for-india-vs-england","11":"tag-gautam-gambhir-for-karun-nair","12":"tag-gautam-gambhir-for-karun-nair-form","13":"tag-gautam-gambhir-for-karun-nair-test-comeback","14":"tag-gautam-gambhir-verdict-for-karun-nair-form","15":"tag-india-vs-england-test-series","16":"tag-karun-nair","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114632188639711090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}